epilate

English

Etymology

From e- + Latin pilus (“hair”) + -ate.

Verb

epilate (third-person singular simple present epilates, present participle epilating, simple past and past participle epilated)

  1. To remove hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root, especially by plucking it out.
    • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎[1]:
      Cæsar was proud of his physical beauty, and, like some modern inverts, he was accustomed carefully to shave and epilate his body to preserve the smoothness of the skin.

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